Found 3 items, similar to Sterile.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sterile gabuk, mandul, suci hama, sucihama
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sterile sterile adj 1: incapable of reproducing; “an infertile couple” [syn: unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile] 2: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; “a sterile operating area”; “aseptic surgical instruments”; “aseptic surgical techniques” [syn: aseptic] 3: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; “a sterile ideology lacking in originality”; “unimaginative development of a musical theme”; “uninspired writing” [syn: unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sterile Sterile \Ster"ile\, a. [F. st['e]rile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stair[=o], fem., barren. See Stare to gaze.] 1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) (a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. (b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author. [1913 Webster]